Christiane Lambert

Christiane Lambert (née Foulier; born 25 June 1961) is a French farmer and agricultural trade unionist who has headed the Fédération Nationale des Syndicats d'Exploitants Agricoles since 2017. In 2020, she became the president of the Comité des Organisations Professionnelles Agricoles - Comité Général de la Coopération Agricole de l'Union Européenne.

Early life Born in Saint-Flour (Cantal) in 1961, Christiane Lambert is the daughter of Guy Foulier and Marie Berthuy, farmers and activists in the Jeunesse Catholique Agricole.

At the age of 19, she obtained the Brevet de Technicien Supérieur techniques agricole from the Saint-Dominique Institute in Puy-en-Velay. She set up her dairy farm of 25 hectares and 40 pigs in Massiac.

She was a former handball champion.

In 1989, she took over with her husband the mixed farm of her parents-in-law's, based on pig breeding in Bouillé-Ménard, in Maine-et-Loire. She remained in this position until 1984.

Militant actions Christiane Lambert advanced and protected the farming profession by guarantying them fair incomes.

On 14 November 2017, they established the commitment charter where farmers, processing and distribution representatives must commit to offering better food products, transparency in their relations, taking into account the production costs of agricultural products. It was signed in presence of the French Minister of Agriculture Stéphane Travert and the Secretary to the French Minister of the Economy, Benjamin Griveaux".

To complete the agreement and in line with the FARRE, Christiane Lambert put in the place the "solutions contract for a green and digital agriculture" by removing pesticides and using crop protection technologies to fight against climate change.

At the end of the International Planet A Forum held on 29 June 2018 in Châlons-en-Champagne, Christiane Lambert and Pascal Canfin, General Director of WWF France (World Wide Fund for Nature) joined forces to further sustainable agriculture.

In 2018, she launched the Agridemain movement which aims to "change the image of agriculture among the general public".

On 18 September 2020, Lambert became the president of the Comité des Organisations Professionnelles Agricoles - Comité Général de la Coopération Agricole de l'Union Européenne. She manages the presidency of COPA-COGECA as well as the FNSEA.

Honors On 29 November 2017, Christiane Lambert received the "2017 Women of Political Influence Price awarded by the club Génération femmes d'influence (Influence Generation Women Club) who promotes female entrepreneurship and she dedicated it to all women farmers".

On 1 January 2021, she received the Legion of Honor.